March 11, 2019 Archives

Week of March 11, 2019 Archives

RealClearMarkets Morning Edition

Monday, March 11

Why Brooklyn's Voguish Brand of "Socialism" Is Ultimately Doomed

Kyle Smith, NYP

Many Feel the Bull Will Die Soon,Which Means It's Headed Up

Ken Fisher, USA Today

The Bull Mkt. Began 10 Years Ago. Why Aren't More Celebrating?

Matt Phillips, NYT

On the Bull's 10th, Can Investors Shrug Off the Gloom?

William Watts, MarketWatch

What Stock-Market Taxes Could Do To Your Savings, Retirement

Adam Michel, FEE

The Last Place Big Technology Wants to Be Is on Defense

Zachary Karabell, Wired

Amazon's Zero Tax Liability Comes from Bipartisan Consensus

Andrew Wilford, NRO

The Car Tariffs That the Car Industry Doesn't Want

Stephen Moore, Washington Times

Closing of a GM Plant Reminds Us To Not Rely on Politicians

Allan Golombek, RCM

Looking Into Why Americans Don't Cheat on Their Taxes

Rene Chun, The Atlantic

The Latest Payroll Numbers Aren't as Scary as They Look

Randall Forsyth, Barron's

The Allure, and Restrictive Burden, of Private Equity

Paul Sullivan, New York Times

MMT Is the Latest Something-for-Nothing Idea from Washington

George Will, NRO

Thoughts on How to Fix Bank Exec Compensation

Sanjai Bhagat, RealClearMarkets

It's Time To End the Evil Character Assassination of D.J. Durkin

John Tamny, Forbes

Tuesday, March 12

Why Are Millennials So Obsessed With How Much They Work?

Daniel Engber, Slate

Socialists Promote Their Vision Regardless of Econ. Climate

Ira Stoll, New York Sun

Ignore the Forecasts, There Is No Economic Boom

David Leonhardt, New York Times

The Economic Consequences of John Maynard Keynes

Samuel Gregg, Law & Liberty

Mario Draghi's 'Stimulus' Plan Is Embodiment of Trite

John Tamny, RealClearMarkets

Fed Is But One Actor In Increasingly Diverse Economy

Seth Levine, Integrating Investor

Why Small-Cap Carnage Could Be a Red Flag for Bulls

Chris Matthews, MarketWatch

Lyft's IPO Is Teachable Moment for Presidential Hopefuls

Michael Zuppone, The Hill

Energy Stocks Sitting Out Oil Rally. Maybe Investors Should

Crystal Kim, Barron's

How Top Tech Giants & Banks Dominated the Bull Market

Jon Ogg, 24/7 Wall Street

How Much Money Means You Don't Have to Worry?

Caragh Poh, New York Magazine

Is It Time for Travelers to Worry About Boeing 737 Max 8?

James Fallows, Atlantic

For Laws to Be Effective, They Must Be Understood

Richard Rahn, Washington Times

Ignore the Ominous Headlines About Glyphosate In Food

Michael Fumento, RCM

Aldi:How a Discount Market Transformed How Europe Shops

Xan Rice, The Guardian

Wednesday, March 13

Why the White House Wants You to Think Jobs Report Is a Fluke

John Crudele, NYP

If We Put A Man On Moon, We Can Surely....

Don Boudreaux, Am. Inst. for Econ. Research

AOC Gets Positives of Robots Right, Until She Goes Wrong

Allan Golombek, RCM

Turning Technology Leaps Into Social Issues Is Recipe for Failure

Gary Shapiro,TAS

Congress Must Break Its Addiction to Tax Extenders

Marc Goldwein & Russ Latino, Hill

David Malpass Would Right Longstanding Wrong at World Bank

Ken Cuccinelli, WE

Don't Trust Zuckerberg's New Privacy Play for Facebook

Conor Friedersdorf, Atlantic

Elizabeth Warren's Break-Up Plans Have Sickening Implications

Iain Murray, NRO

Forget the Green New Deal. We Need Free Mkt. Climate Fix

John Kasich, USA Today

Boeing's Reputation Is Now at Risk

Aaron Gregg & Christian Davenport, Washington Post

The Baleful Consequences of Skidelsky's Keynesianism

Leonidas Zelmanovitz, L & L

BlackBird Raises $10 Million To Make Private Flight Common

Biz Carson, Forbes

Huawei Case Is Part of New U.S.–China Cold War Over Tech

Zachary Karabell, Wired

What's Causing China's Slowdown, How Beijing Will Respond

Christopher Balding, FA

Thursday, March 14

Trump's Budget Delivers Soaring Debt, Broken Promises

G. William Hoagland, USAT

There's Nothing Cruel About Trump's Medicare 'Cuts'

Michael Tanner, New York Post

Republicans Are Deficit Hypocrites. Democrats Should Be, Too.

Alex Shephard, TNR

Trump's Budget Separates Him from the Progressives

James Jay Carafano, Fox News

Why U.S. Trade Deficit Is Good Economic News

Robert Samuelson, Washington Post

Mr. Samuelson Still Doesn't Get Why 'Trade Deficit' Is Great News

John Tamny, RCM

Meet the Billionaire Who Defied AMZN, Built Most Popular App

Parmy Olson, Forbes

Buybacks: Congress Should Leave Business Finances Alone

Doug McCullough, FEE

Your Social Security Check Won't Cover Rent In These 8 States

Sean Williams, MF

Should Investors Watch Out for a Pickup In Volatility?

William Watts, MarketWatch

The Strange Connection Between the CFPB & Antifa

Gregory Angelo, RealClearMarkets

Thoughts On Why Rich Parents Want Kids In Best Colleges

Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic

No One Asks Chief Executives Where They Went to College

Joe Nocera, Bloomberg

Here's What Was on the Record About Problems w/737 Max

James Fallows, Atlantic

Sen Warren's Tech Breakup Is Solution In Search of a Problem

David Balto, Examiner

Friday, March 15

Tale Of 2 Economies: Comparing Trump Forecast w/CBO's

Howard Gleckman, Forbes

The Trump Budget's Economic Forecasts Work, For Now

Bruce Yandle, Examiner

Fiscal Soundness Can't Be Had Solely w/Non-Defense Cuts

Veronique de Rugy, TAS

Facile Tech Fatalism: Don't Blame Robots for Low Pay

Paul Krugman, New York Times

Capitalists, Not Socialists, Pose Biggest Threat to Capitalism

Randall Holcombe, Hill

Facebook Battling Everyone, From Google to Sen. Warren

Michael Lev-Ram, Fortune

China Is At the Forefront of Global Economic Reverse

Jeffrey Snider, RealClearMarkets

Hudson Yards Is Michael Bloomberg's Huge Legacy for NYC

Editorial, New York Post

People Need to Use Their Home Equity In Retirement

Alicia Munnell, MarketWatch

U.S. Equity Holders Get Global Diversity, Better Ret.

Lawrence Hamtil, Fortune Financial

Does Attending An Elite School Mean You'll More Money?

Zlati Meyer, USA Today

In Her Attack on Monopolies, Sen. Warren Ignored Real Ones

K. Lloyd Billingsley, FEE

How Bizarre Plane Economics Raises Stakes of Boeing Fallout

Joe Pinsker, Atlantic

Boeing Pilots Fume About Being Left In the Dark

Greg, O’Connell, Ba Tran & Siddiqui, WP

Saturday, March 16

The Larger Lie Beyond the College Admissions Bribery Case

Bryan Caplan, TIME

Why Boeing Will Likely Cruise Through Its Crisis

Jeff Spross, The Week

The Dangerous Absurdity of America's Trade Wars

Jeffrey Sachs, Project Syndicate

How Russia Sank Billions Into Venezuelan Quicksand

Lowe & Sagdiev, Reuters

We Must Stop at Nothing to Thwart Huawei, China

Andrew Holland, The Hill

Capitalism Actually Needs Elizabeth Warren

David Leonhardt, The New York Times

Warren's Plan to Break Big Tech Would Be Bad for America

David Harsanyi, Reason

How Reliable Is MMT as a Guide to Policy?

Sumner & Horan, Mercatus Center

You Never Know When a Recession Will Sneak Up on You

Austan Goolsbee, NYTimes

Constellation Brands’ Leap Into Cannabis

Danielle Weiner-Bronner, CNN Business

The $14 Trillion "Retirement Savings Gap" Simply Isn't Real

Andrew Biggs, Forbes

To Protect New York City From Rising Seas, Build More of It

Henry Grabar, Slate

Proving Hudson Yards Skeptics Wrong Will Take Time

Lauren Thomas, CNBC